Working towards the Summit of the original transcontinental crossing of the Sierra Nevada's UP 8018 leads the westbound hotshot ZG2LT out of Stanford curve and towards Andover on the eastern slope... (more)

The early morning sun reunites with the Tehachapi Valley a few miles below the Summit on a cold January morning as Union Pacific SD9043MAC 8192 charges through Monolith with a West Colton-Rosevill... (more)

Laboring up the eastern slope of the Tehachapi grade BNSF SD70MAC 9954 has command of a colorful locomotive consist which includes CSXT 9017, NS 2628, and CP 9768. Passing under the last SP era si... (more)

A solid brace of EMDs descend the western slope of the Cajon grade led by new SD70AH 8863. Pushing against the drawbar is a westbound ethanol train bound for West Colton where it will then be ship... (more)

What might at first appear to be the helix of a model railroad is actually the western slope of Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision...better known as Tehachapi Pass. Painted in late afternoon sunli... (more)

The calm piece of another summer day in the Feather River Canyon is broken by a familiar yet almost forgotten pulse of a EMD 567 series prime mover and the colors of the fallen Western Pacific rai... (more)

Nestled above the north bank of the Mojave River wash and against the north face of Afton Canyon's trademark rock walls the sound of a westbound reverberates out of the Canyon and towards the heav... (more)

Under the glow of a nearly full moon lit sky Union Pacific SD70M 3790 hums away at the summit of Southern California's Tehachapi Pass on the point of a Portland, OR to Yermo, CA special move. At j... (more)

About Face...Having finished making a few set outs and collecting the rest of their train UP's Kaiser Hauler departs from Union Pacific's West Colton, CA classification yard and rounds the balloon... (more)

The unmistakable roar of a laboring eastbound pierces the cool mountain air and raises towards the heavens as BNSF 7620 lumbers up Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision between Rowen and Woodford, a ... (more)

A Screamin' Eagle in Espee country. Sharply dressed in two tones of blue representing the Missouri Pacific railroad UP 1982 hums up the eastern slope of the Tehachapi Pass at Warren, located north... (more)

A pair of freshly delivered ES44C4s, BNSF 7121 and 7122, team with a pair of older GEs to lift a eastbound stack train up and over the Tehachapi grade. BNSF 7007, a westbound vehicle train, gives ... (more)

Built in 1928 by the legendary Pullman-Standard company 'Virginia City' first known as the 'Crystal Peak' was assigned to ply the rails of the SP-UP-C&NW between Oakland, CA and Chicago, IL bringi... (more)

As the days heat is surrendered to the night sky a cool breeze over takes the quiet plains of Tehachapi's eastern slope just above Mojave. Suddenly life comes to the old SP era signal bridge at MP... (more)

The San Joaquin Starlight returns....
The eastbound (southbound) Coast Starlight glides into Caliente behind P42 #113. The detour of AMT 11 (12) was brought about by track work on the northern en... (more)